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What Can Dallas Keuchel Do For an Encore?

While the 2016 season is already underway, let’s take a second to remember some of the lasting images from 2015: Jose Bautista bat flips, Mets pitchers throwing gas, and Royals hitters slapping timely base hits.

How about another one: Weak ground balls against Dallas Keuchel.

According to Baseball Savant, Keuchel induced more ground balls hit slower than 80 miles per hour than anyone in baseball, and on all balls in play, his average exit velocity allowed of 85.8 mph was third lowest (minimum 200 balls in play).

This may have helped him run a .